EAGLE SCOUT | ISSUE NO. 22-14
10 Aug 2022 | University Data Protection Office
NEWS | Delhi gov’t providing live classroom footage to parents comes with privacy issues
19 Jul 2022
INDIA – The Delhi government’s decision to provide live CCTV footage of classrooms to parents comes with many issues including the violation of children’s privacy. For the government, the measure is meant to safeguard the safety of students and offer transparency in the teaching system. This, even if it will also capture sensitive personal data like voice clippings and behavioral communications. READ HERE
FEATURE |Illuminate’s Student Privacy Pledge could be revoked following huge data breach
24 Jul 2022
UNITED STATES – Months after the data breach it was involved in was disclosed, Illuminate Education is facing possible sanctions, including its removal as a signatory to the “Student Privacy Pledge”. Created almost a decade ago, the pledge is designed to ensure that education technology vendors are ethical stewards of kids’ most sensitive data. READ HERE
NEWS | Denmark bans Google’s services in schools over data transfer risks
19 Jul 2022
DENMARK– Datatilsynet, the country’s data protection agency, has declared that data processing involving students that make use of Google’s cloud-based Workspace software suite does not meet the requirements of the EU GDPR. Apparently, Google’s terms and conditions allow data transfer to non-EU countries even though said data is ordinarily stored in one of Google’s EU data centers. READ HERE
NEWS | Student grades and photos exposed in UWA breach
29 Jul 2022
AUSTRALIA – The University of Western Australia (UWA) has asked the police to investigate a data breach that may have compromised student data. According to UWA, an unauthorized login to its student information management system allowed access to data including names, student IDs, images, birthdates, contact details, course details, and grades of current and former students. READ HERE
NEWS| Cyberattack hits Waterloo Region District School Board
20 Jul 2022
CANADA – After having been the target of a cyberattack, the Waterloo Region District School Board says they are working to restore their IT system and safeguard the personal information of staff, students, and families. Those affected have been notified. The school is still unable to say what kinds of files may have been accessed or if the school board paid money to regain access to its system. READ HERE
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